In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even … - William Strunk, Jr.

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The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

William Strunk, Jr.

In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles, he must furnish particular instances of their application.

Argument, Art, General, Likewise, Lose, Principles

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. . . when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

Made, Sentence, Stronger, Usually, Vigor

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

Drawing, Lines, Reason, Sentences, Should Have, Writing

The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.

Attention, Call, Details, Hold, Largely, Writing

To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

Acquire, Affecting, Begin, Style

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.

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The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

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Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing.

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Anne Carson

When they made love Geryon liked to touch in slow succession each of the bones of Herakles' back as it arched away from him into who knows what dark dream of its own, running both hands all the way down from the base of the neck to the end of the spine which he can cause to shiver like a root in the rain.

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John Barth

To turn experience into speech - that is, to classify, to categorize, to conceptualize, to grammarize, to syntactify it - is always a betrayal of experience, a falsification of it; but only so betrayed can it be dealt with at all, and only in so dealing with it did I ever feel a man, alive and kicking.

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Martha Graham

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

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